Chinese New Year Lesson

by www.elcivics.com

Chinese New Year's is also called Spring Festival. It is the most important holiday in China. It starts on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar and lasts for fifteen days. It is a time of new beginnings. Before the holiday starts, people clean their houses, prepare food, get a haircut, buy new clothes, and pay off debts. It is a tradition to visit family members and friends at the start of the holiday. The year 2015 is the Year of the Goat. (3-page lesson)

When is Chinese New Year?

It starts on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar. It lasts for 15 days.

In 2015, it starts on Thursday, February 19. Two-thousand and fifteen is the Year of the Goat.